Beverley Nielsen

Beverley Nielsen (born 25 January 1960) is an entrepreneur, educator and campaigner who works as executive director, Institute for Design, Economic Acceleration & Sustainability (IDEAS) at Birmingham City University. She has previously worked as a director for AGA Rangemaster, and as managing director for Fired Earth. In 2016 Nielsen was selected as the Liberal Democrat Candidate for the Mayor of the West Midlands, standing as the first and only female candidate, but was defeated in the 2017 mayoral election by Conservative candidate Andy Street, coming third after Labour and ahead of UKIP. Provided by Wikipedia